-Midrash Tanchuma Noach 18:13 on Tower of Bab-El
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Rather, Rabbi Yirmeya bar Elazar says: They divided into three factions; one said: Let us ascend to the top of the tower and dwell there. And one said: Let us ascend to the top of the tower and engage in idol worship. And one said: Let us ascend to the top of the tower and wage war.
-Sanhedrin 109a on the Tower of Bab-El
Moses was loved by the masses, and being deemed worthy of divine honor by the priests, he was called Hermes because of his ability to interpret the sacred writings.
-Eusebius’s Praeparatio Evangelica (Book 9, Chapter 27) reporting to quote Artapanus of Alexandria 250 BC
And concerning baptism, baptize this way: Having first said all these things, baptize into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, in living water. But if you have no living water, baptize into other water; and if you cannot do so in cold water, do so in warm. But if you have neither, pour out water three times upon the head into the name of Father and Son and Holy Spirit. But before the baptism let the baptizer fast, and the baptized, and whoever else can; but you shall order the baptized to fast one or two days before.
-Didache Chapter 7
Bible Algebra as Seen Thru the Rapture
At times the collected books of the Bible are written plainly, but people interpret them metaphorically or allegorically. Other times, they’re written allegorically, and people take them literally—or miss the meaning altogether. And some parts are algebraic: like equations that don’t fully make sense until the final variable is added or unveiled—often by God Himself. It’s important to understand the difference and know how to approach each.
Explain it to me like I’m five.
Years ago I knew a wealthy executive that would always ask an important decision option to be explained to him like he was five.
Some people thought it was a test, if you couldn’t boil it down you really didn’t have a grasp of what you were talking about.
Six ages for going in and coming out, for war and peace. The seventh age is entirely Shabbat and rest for life everlasting
-Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 18.12
It is better to be King Herod’s pig than son.
-Emperor Augustus commenting on the Herod the Great’s habit of killing competition even in his own family, and only a pig is safe in that region (Macrobius, Saturnalia, 2:4:11)
Mark Calls Jesus Yahweh More than John Does
A common scholarly assertion is that the Gospel of Mark presents a “low” Christology compared to the Gospel of John, where Jesus is explicitly identified as divine from the very first verse.
However, a deeper analysis of Mark’s Gospel reveals a strikingly high Christology—perhaps even stronger in its implications than John’s direct statements.